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Rebuses of Animals (Kedamono hanjimono)


「けだものはんじもの」
Utagawa Kunimori II (Japanese, active about 1840–60)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35 x 24.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22029
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22029, 11.36781
Signed Kunimori giga
国盛戯画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.